Baysox hammer struggling SeaWolves

BOWIE, Md. -- The Bowie Baysox clubbed four home runs, including a grand slam, to rout the Erie SeaWolves 11-1 on Tuesday in front of 1,102 fans at Prince George's Stadium.

Bowie (10-8) jumped on Erie (6-10) starter Warwick Saupold immediately as Buck Britton hammered Saupold's first pitch of the night over the right-field wall to start the rout. Niuman Romero and Christian Walker followed with singles, and Romero eventually scored on a Ronald Bermudez forceout to give the Baysox a 2-0 lead.

Chih-Hsien Chiang and Kyeong Kang each hit their first homers of the season in the third inning to extend the lead to 5-0 before Walker crushed a grand slam in the fourth inning to put the game away early. Saupold was responsible for all nine runs on 11 hits in three-plus innings before being pulled.

Erie's only run came in top of the fifth inning as Francisco Martinez doubled in Ramon Cabrera, who had two more hits for the SeaWolves and is hitting .377 this season.

The SeaWolves' top three hitters in the lineup (Jason Krizan, Brandon Loy and Eugenio Suarez) went a combined 0-for-12, while Bowie's top three (Britton, Romero and Walker) went 8-for-11 with five RBIs and five runs scored.

Kenny Faulk and Pat McCoy each tossed two scoreless relief innings before Ryan Robowski allowed two runs in the eighth.

Erie is 1-4 on the current road trip and still has two games left in Bowie. The SeaWolves and Baysox play the third game of a four-game series tonight at 6:35 p.m. before the two teams wrap up the series Thursday at 11:05 a.m. Erie returns to Jerry Uht Park on Friday for a seven-game homestand beginning with three games against Binghamton.